Georgia is ready to Participate in next round of Geneva talks Planned on November 18, 2008

MIA of Georgia released the statement regarding the participation in the next round of Geneva talks planned on November 18, 2008.
‘Recently Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has been falsely accusing Georgian side for abandoning Geneva discussions on October 15 and not planning to take part in the next round of negotiations on November 18, 2008. Such claims are absolutely groundless and represent yet another example of Soviet type propaganda aimed at misleading international community.
Georgia believes that the moderators have done an outstanding job in organizing the first round of the Geneva discussions. Existing format of the talks creates all the preconditions for successful conduct of the second and future rounds. Georgia stands ready to continue constructive engagement in the Geneva talks, as we have done on October 15.
It is not Georgia, but the Russian Federation, and its proxy regimes of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region, who are responsible for the suspension of the first round of Geneva talks. As it is well known, Russian side boycotted the plenary session which was attended by the representatives of the UN, EU, OSCE, as the moderators, and Georgia and United States of America, as participants. This was the format agreed among all parties. Moreover, Russian side and the proxy regimes of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region also boycotted the meetings of the working groups, where, as agreed in advance, the participants were to take part on an informal level to discuss the issues related to the security and stability in Abkhazia, Georgia, and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia, as well as the safe and dignified return of the IDPs to their places of residence. ‘ –The statement of the MIA of Georgia reads.